The GT40 comes back to life again!!

Well, for the first time in at least 12 years, the old 350 is back to life and the GT40 has a running engine once again. The starter motor arrived on Friday just in time for the weekend. Saturday rolled around and as luck would have it, Tim was called in to work!! Bugger. Jason, Jim and I were kicking around the garage and so the question was posed "Do you think Tim will mind if we start it?". A quick text to Tim revealed "Yep, I guess, as long as you take videos". So in a flash, the old girl was pushed down the driveway and the jerry can hooked up.

Here's one of the first starts. Jason nearly loses his eyebrows from a backfire.

It was running pretty rough and we noticed the exhaust on some cylinders was cooler than the others. After re-adjusting the valve lash we were in business.

It sounds absolutely fantastic (shame we have to put mufflers on) and I'm really quite happy that it idles and revs so cleanly with very little adjustment to the carby or timing.

So next up is to tidy up the leads, etc, find a fitting radiator cap and move on to the brakes. This next phase has already started with Tim picking these up last week.

They look great, but our main concern at the moment is that they may be too close to the driver. For short arses like ourselves it isn't a problem, but anyone much taller than a midget may have problems. The main cause of the problem is the master cylinders. More thoughts and more sitting in the car required.